After 11 terms in Congress, Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger is calling it a career.

The Maryland Democrat announced his retirement on Friday in a video that highlighted some of his accomplishments during more than  two decades on Capitol Hill.

Born Charles Albert Ruppersberger III, the former Baltimore County executive got the nickname Dutch when the doctor who delivered him described him as a “big, blond Dutchman.” Ruppersberger later adopted the nickname legally when he realized his last name was too long for a campaign bumper sticker.

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